“It had light smoke coming out,” said Altoona Assistant Fire Chief Jerry Brubaker. “It did have some light flames coming out of the peak of the roof toward the front of the building. At that time we made an interior attack but with the fire pretty well involved already we backed out. Once we got pleasant hill we got our aerial truck set up.”

Firefighters took about 20 minutes to put out the blaze. Crews from Altoona, Mitchellville, Pleasant Hill, Bondurant and Ankeny all responded to the call.

Crews were called back to the structure at around 3 a.m. Friday, when the fire flared up again. Crews were able to knock down the fire a second time.

Officials are investigating the cause of the fire and don't know where it started. There were no injuries in connection with the fire.